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Agriculture, trade, and the WTO in South Asia

Ingco, Merlinda D

2003,2002

Overview

South Asia is home to approximately 1.3 billion people, of whom 70 percent live in rural areas. Therefore, agriculture plays a crucial role in the region’s economy, accounting for close to 28 percent of GDP. But poverty is one of the major issues in South Asia, with 40 percent of the world’s poor (defined as those living on less than $1 a day). The further opening of international markets to agricultural exports from South Asia promises to raise the standard of living in this region. The inclusion of agriculture under the rules of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)/World Trade Organization (WTO) is considered one of the main achievements of the Uruguay Round, which in 1986 established the WTO, the successor to the GATT. The Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) established a rules-based system of agricultural trade and set guidelines to reduce protection and distortional policies in agricultural trade. However, developing countries did not gain as much as expected under the AoA, so it is imperative that they seize the opportunity to actively and effectively participate in future trade negotiations. Agriculture, Trade, and the WTO in South Asia is a compilation of studies presented at a World Bank-sponsored regional conference in New Delhi, India, in 1999. The studies have been revised and updated, and provide valuable insights into various issues, perspectives, and interests of South Asia in future WTO trade rounds. The book is intended for policymakers, analysts, and other stakeholders from industrialized and developing countries.

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC: World Bank
• Subject: AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES / AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT / AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS / Agricultural policy / AGRICULTURAL PRICES / AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS / AGRICULTURAL SECTOR / AGRICULTURAL TRADE / AGRICULTURE / Agriculture and state / Agriculture and state -- South Asia / ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES / APPLIED TARIFF / AVERAGE TARIFF / AVERAGE TARIFFS / Bangladesch / BILATERAL TRADE / CAPACITY BUILDING / COCONUT INDUSTRY / CONSUMER PRICE INDEX / CONSUMPTION POLICIES AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES / CPI / CREDIT POLICY / CROPS / DAIRY INDUSTRY / DEVELOPED COUNTRIES / DOMESTIC PRODUCERS / DOMESTIC PRODUCTION / ECONOMIC GROWTH / ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE / ECONOMIC RESEARCH / Entwicklungsländer / EQUILIBRIUM / EXCHANGE RATE / EXCHANGE RATES / EXPENDITURES / EXPORT / EXPORT PERFORMANCE / EXPORT SUBSIDIES / EXPORTS / FERTILIZER SUBSIDIES / FIELD CROPS / FISH / FISH PRODUCTION / FOOD AID / Food industry / Food industry and trade / Food industry and trade -- Government policy -- South Asia / FOOD SECURITY / FREE ACCESS / FREE TRADE / GATT / GDP / General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization) / Government policy / GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT / Handelsliberalisierung / HUMAN DEVELOPMENT / IMPORT CONTROLS / IMPORT DUTIES / IMPORT TARIFFS / IMPORTS / INCENTIVES / INCOME / Indien / INSURANCE / INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT / INTERNATIONAL MARKETS / ITC / LABOR / LABOR FORCE / Landwirtschaft / LIVESTOCK / Ländliche Armut / MARKET ACCESS / MARKET ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES / MARKET SHARE / MARKETING / MEAT / MILK / MULTILATERAL TRADE / NOMINAL PROTECTION RATE / Pakistan / POLICY OBJECTIVES / POULTRY INDUSTRY / PRICE INDEX / PRICE SUPPORTS / PRICING POLICIES / PRIMARY PRODUCTS / Produce trade / Produce trade -- Government policy -- South Asia / PROPERTY RIGHTS / PROPERTY RIGHTS SYSTEMS / PROTECTION RATES / QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS / RATES OF PROTECTION / REGRESSION ANALYSIS / RUBBER INDUSTRY / RURAL AREAS / SANITARY MANAGEMENT / South Asia / Sri Lanka / STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT / SUGAR / SURCHARGES / TARIFF EQUIVALENTS / TARIFF LEVELS / Tariff on farm produce / Tariff on farm produce -- South Asia / TARIFF RATE / TARIFF RATES / TARIFF STRUCTURES / Tariffs / TERMS OF TRADE / TRADE / TRADE LIBERALIZATION / TRADE NEGOTIATIONS / TRADE POLICY / TRADE PREFERENCES / TRADE REFORM / TRADE REFORMS / TRADE REGIMES / TRADEOFFS / TRADING / TRADING COMPANIES / UNILATERAL TRADE / URUGUAY ROUND / VALUE ADDED TAX / WHEAT FLOUR / WHEAT GRAINS / WORLD TRADE / WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION / WTO / WTO-Recht
• ISBN: 9780821351598, 0821351591